Where does orange still apply on 8 November?
Orange applies until 23:59 on 8 November for wind on La Palma and in the north of Tenerife, with gusts of up to 90 km/h, says AEMET, the state weather service. The rest of Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro and Gran Canaria stay on yellow, at 70 km/h.
Yellow thunderstorm warnings run until 18:00 in the west. On Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura they last until midnight, and the reports do not mention hail.
From 11:30 the Canarian government downgraded rain and coastal hazards to Prealerta (the pre-alert level). It also ended the PEINCA flood pre-warning for the whole archipelago.
It is unclear whether the government has ended its own wind warning, as no formal end could be found. The Cabildo (island government) of Gran Canaria says it still maintains a wind warning for the summits and the northern and north-western slopes.
What changes for visitors and residents?
From 12:00 on Sunday, much of Gran Canaria stood still: the Cabildo had suspended all events, public and private, indoors and outdoors, plus hunting. It has since lifted the ban.
The football match UD Las Palmas v Eldense, due at 17:30, was postponed. A replay on Monday 9 November is under discussion but not confirmed.
On Tenerife, the Cabildo's cultural and sports facilities reopen, as do the municipal ones in Santa Cruz, now that the Cabildo has downgraded to Prealerta. Paths, tracks and trails in protected natural areas stay closed because of the risk of landslides and falling trees, until a new Cabildo resolution changes that.
The emergency services advise avoiding jetties, breakwaters and the surf zone, and postponing water sports. Skip journeys in the rain if you can, secure items on your balcony, and call 112 in an emergency.
What damage has Bruna done on the islands?
The emergency services logged 16 incidents overnight, mostly on Tenerife and La Palma. They involved mainly fallen branches and trees, shifted fences and signs, and objects on roads.
In Santa Cruz de La Palma a chair hit a person, who was treated at the health centre. Montserrat Román of the Dirección General de Emergencias called the incidents isolated cases.
The wind blew hardest at Izaña (Tenerife) with 112 km/h and at Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma) with 106 km/h, according to the measuring stations. Other readings were 103 km/h at Alto Igualero in Vallehermoso (La Gomera), 88 km/h in Sabinosa (El Hierro) and 81 km/h at points on Gran Canaria.
Rain stayed well below the forecast: by 08:00, Fuencaliente (La Palma) had 8.6 litres per square metre and San Andrés y Sauces 6 litres. On La Gomera the Cabildo closed the CV-14 near El Rejo as a precaution, and in Moya trees fell onto a medium-voltage power line.
Why was the alert in force for the western islands at all?
The Canarian government issued the wind warning on Friday 6 November at 19:31 as Declaración 69/2026, valid from Saturday 7 November at 12:00. It covered all of La Palma plus the summits, north and north-west of El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife and Gran Canaria.
On the rest of those islands Prealerta applied, and the government gave no end date. According to its text, the warning stays in force “until further notice”.
These regional levels are called Prealerta, Alerta and Alerta máxima. They apply independently of AEMET's yellow and orange colour warnings, and the sources checked do not say which wind speeds belong to which level.
Something similar happened in January 2021, when gusts of 90 km/h were measured at Roque de los Muchachos. Six flights on La Palma were cancelled then, and the Cabildo closed the road to Roque de los Muchachos.
During Storm Dorothea in December 2024, the Tenerife Cabildo closed several Teide trails. Anyone leaving the paths risked a fine of 600 euros plus 2,000 to 12,000 euros for a rescue, the Cabildo said.
What happens from Monday 9 November?
The technical committee of the PEFMA and PEINCA plans meets again. It sits on Monday 9 November.
From Monday the forecast expects swells of 3 to 4 metres. At high tide, waves may break over harbour breakwaters and promenades.
A second spell of rain is forecast from the afternoon of Tuesday 10 November. One report considers more rain than this weekend possible, but no details on amounts are available yet.
The pages reviewed say nothing on flights, ferries or school closures, but that does not mean there were none. Travellers should check their connection with the airline, and hiking routes in the notices of the relevant Cabildo.